fruit-bearing

English

Alternative forms

fruitbearing

Etymology

From Middle English *fruit-berende, *fruit-berand (found in compounds: olife froite berand, oliue fruitberand), equivalent to fruit +‎ bearing. Compare Old English wæstmbǣre (literally “fruit-bearing”).

Noun

fruit-bearing (plural fruit-bearings)

The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.

Adjective

fruit-bearing (not comparable)

(of a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc.) Bearing fruit.

Translations

bearing fruit

Latin: pōmifer

References

“fruit-bearing” (US) / “fruit-bearing” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

bearing fruit